Thursday, April 17, 2025

I got called for a dog catch. On duty time was 6:48 pm Mountain Time. Originally we were supposed to catch a sack train, but instead they told us to get the Z ALTSBD at Yucca. Our van driver didn't nwo the best way to get there, but we got to the signal. We swapped crews there. After that we were told to get a grain train out of the siding in Berry. It was tied down. The train weighed over 15,000 tons and I had to untie 24 handbrakes. There was sand piled up next to the track and I had to walk through it. I thought we woud be done then, but the dispatcher told us to "shadow" the Q CHILBE. We wound up dog catching that one too. After that we had been on duty for 10 hours. There had been two boxes of donuts in the depot, but my morning they were all gone. Two dozen donuts. On the way home I got myself a donut.

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